Pipe vise and bender



oct. 16, 192s. l 1,688,199

A. H. MEIER PIPE VISE AND BENDER Filed Jan. 24, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ein :dill-un mul-nm.

0d. 16, 192s. 1,688,199 A. H. MEER PIPE VISE AND BENDER Filed Jan. 24, 1927 s sheets-'sheet .3

,Bg X 469' olf so that there will be no pinsasa hinge, When the other pinis removed.

When using the appliance for bending a pipe, tube, rod, or conduit, the pipe, rod, or the like, is clamped against the form b-yoperating the handle 2l to screw down the screw 2Q so that the steel avv 24 Will engagethe` .-p1pe, or the like.

having been inserted in' thesocket 13, the

The handle or lever 14 pipe, rod, or, the like can easily be bent around the formand into the groove 6.

Should it be desired to use the vise by .itself `toA hold apipe, tube,"con"duit, or rod for'gpurposes ofcutting it off or screw threading it, the pipe, tube, conduit, or rod is clamped by the 'j aW'24. In that event, the handle' 14 may be'removed or even the yoke 7 be taken i K l parts in the Way to interfere with the action. i In Figure 5, there isfshoWn a modified deice for clamping the pipe Whileit is being ent.

eye-bolt, 27`Which is fastened in position by lthe other pin 16, said eye-'bolt being received in thefbifurcated end 28'of theclamp." A nut and :Washer 29 on the eye-'bolt'27, enable the cla1np`26`to be moved and clampedagainst the pipe. ,v

Y For the `purpose of more securelyV clamping the pipe, tube, or thelike which is to be bent, threadedor cut'o, I provide a stationary, but removable., steel jaw` 30, shoivn'in detail lin Fig. 9, Which may be secured to the body 4 in line with the jaw 24 inthe manner best illustratedin Figs. 7 and 8, boltsBl, passing through holes 32'in the jav'v 8O holes 33 in the body 4 being provided. 'This mannerof fastening, like that shown at for the jaw 24,enables the jaw to-be removed, for reshaping or replacement, when desired. l/Vhile the jaw 3() is not'sho'wn in detail in Figs. 3 and 5, it is to be. understood that the body 4 may be formed With a i aw socket 34 forholding a aivsuch as illustrated in Figs.

`6 to 9 inclusive.

- In the modification shownv in Fig. r6, the

yoke 18 is hinged on one of the pins 16'so that vit'maybequickly swungback, as shown by dotted lines. The other pin 16, shown by dotted lines, may be used, if desired, but itis,

y i This comprises a clamp or aw` 26` `which is pivoted lon one of the pins 16,fand an preferably, omitted from this rform ofv the invention to permit the quick-opening 'action mentioned, so that the tube, pipe, rod, or con duit, after being bent 4or threaded, may be rapidly removed.

free part of the yoke Without'having to resort to the use of the locking pin 16 shown in For the purpose ofsecurely latching the dotted lines, I provide a hook or latch 85 which is pi-voted to the yoke 18 at 36 rand is`r adapted to kengage and lockwith the slopingy shoulder 871011 body 4. The free arm ofthe yoke 18 isv ksplit and stra'ddles ,the Web 38,

Fig. 7 to prevent springing ofthe yoke When latched doivn by the hook 85. f

` On releasingthehook 35 fromtheshoulder 37, the yoke 18can` be swung back, as

shown in dotted KAlines', to permit quick're--.

moval of the bent or threaded pipe or the like.l y The yoke can then be quickly relatched as shown in full lines Fig. V6.' -V E IVhatIclaim is :l

c 1. In a'pipe, rod,` conduit, or tube bender, a body having a form over which the pipe, rod, conduit, or tube may be bent, said body also having a'base and a bracket angularly ,n

disposed in relation to the base, either the base or the bracket 'adapting the body to ybe secured to a bench or other object. f l

2.l In ja pipe, rod, conduit, or tube bender and vise, the combinationl ofa body having a formover which the pipe, rod, conduit, or tube may bevbent, said body'also having a base anda bracket angularlyfdisposed in relation tothe base, either the base or the bracket adapting the-body to be secured to a bench or other object, said body being provided with parts extending yout o'n oppositesides 

